Super Bowl media coverage is way over the top; will it ever change?
“You know what’s confusing? How can I reword questions I’ve been asked so many times? Golly. Nothing pretty...
Posts by Brad Gagnon
The things we said about Cam Newton five years ago
Cam Newton is about to be named MVP and is a strong favorite to earn the same award...
Ranking the NFL teams eligible for Hard Knocks next year
While it’s not entirely clear if any team that has been featured on HBO’s Hard Knocks was forced...
Are the Dallas Cowboys the biggest draw in sports?
The Dallas Cowboys have not been very good this season, but that hasn’t stopped the nation’s most buzzed-about...
NFL has had plenty of magic in primetime this year, even on Thursday nights
You might recall — or you may have already forgotten — that 2014 was the year of the...
Concussion Movie Review: A complex, humanity-driven tale of the crisis facing the NFL
Awful Announcing had a chance to get an early look at the much-hyped and inevitably controversial Concussion, a so-called biographical...
Somehow, some way, the NFL keeps destroying television ratings
When it comes to the NFL on network television, everyone continues to wait for the other shoe to...
Week 8 NFL game watchability rankings
Ed Note: The Game Watchability Rankings appear every week at This Given Sunday. Week 8 in the NFL...
Week 2 NFL game watchability rankings
Ed Note: The following appears courtesy This Given Sunday. Week 2 in the NFL is here, and you...
The NFL has found a way to create yet another prime-time event
In the television world, whatever the NFL touches turns to gold. It’s why the league and its network...
The world has changed quite a bit since Vin Scully first joined the Dodgers
Late last week, it was announced that legendary Los Angeles Dodgers play-by-play man Vin Scully would return for...
Running against stiff competition, Day 2 and 3 NFL draft ratings take a hit
With the Johnny Manziel effect no longer in play this year, ESPN’s ratings for Round 1 of the...
NFL Network NFL Draft Round 1 Report Card
The NFL draft is one of the biggest television events of the year, sports or non-sports. The funny...
AA Q&A: Rich Eisen on working the NFL Draft
Hard to believe, but NFL Network has now been co-airing the NFL draft with ESPN for 10 years....
Ranking every primetime game on the 2015 NFL schedule
This year’s NFL schedule features 51 primetime games and 55 nationally-televised games, with one more scheduled to be...
NFL AM goes on hiatus
Hiatus is a scary word in this business. Although in a technical sense it means a pause or...
Aaron Rodgers will take part in the real Celebrity Jeopardy
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers isn’t just the highest-rated passer in NFL history and the league’s reigning...
Jon Gruden’s QB Camp returns with Winston and Mariota for 2015
With the sports world obsessing over Johnny Manziel, the fifth season of Jon Gruden’s “QB Camp” aired entirely on...
Herm Edwards gets points for deadpan comedy in his llama analysis on ESPN
You know the NFL offseason has arrived when analyst Herm Edwards is providing analysis of four-legged animals. Let...
Who should open the 2015 NFL season at New England?
The 2014 NFL season hasn’t even been over for 48 hours, but we’re already looking ahead to next...
NBC details its six-hour Super Bowl pregame schedule
No annual sporting event gets as much attention and hype as the Super Bowl, which is why the...
As Patriots prepare for Super Bowl, it’s easy to forget about Aaron Hernandez
Ed Note: This post originally appeared on This Given Sunday. On Thursday, the New England Patriots will participate...
ESPN will try everything possible to make the Pro Bowl watchable
Despite the fact most of us can agree the Pro Bowl really sucks, the NFL’s annual all-star game...
Ranking the NFL teams eligible for Hard Knocks next year
If nobody else volunteers, the NFL can now force certain teams to participate in HBO’s Hard Knocks. This...
Week 17 NFL Game Watchability Rankings
Ed Note: The following appears courtesy our friends at This Given Sunday. Week 17 in the NFL is...